YouTube: Now with more Robot Chicken

A deal inked with Time Warner will finally bring Robot Chicken clips to YouTube!

Which might be more worthy of that exclamation mark if this hadn’t been true for years. In fact, odds are a considerable portion of the show’s fan base got their first taste of metallic poultry on the popular video site. (This may or may not be true for this particular reporter).

What’s new as of an announcement today is that U.S. viewers can now watch the content legitimately, along with other clips from Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, CNN and Warner Bros. (and yes, that includes Gossip Girl).

For YouTube, that means they can now place commercials before, during or adjacent to the content. For users, that means they will now see commercials before, during or adjacent to the content — and that the clips may be shorter.

Specifically:

You’ll see a variety of ad formats (like overlays or in-stream ads) on their content, depending on the kind of video you’re watching, and both Turner and Warner Bros. will be able to leverage the strength of their sales forces to sell their own ads on the site.

The company will also integrate the Time Warner player into YouTube.

It’s the latest in a series of YouTube partnerships with professional media companies (as opposed to the user generated stuff that first brought the site to prominence and still accounts for the overwhelming share of the content). An earlier Time Warner deal added clips from CNN International and HBO.